Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 11:10

10So banish sorrow from your heart,

and cast off pain from your body,

for youth and vigor are fleeting.b

Footnotes

  • b 11:10 Or futile

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
So banishוְהָסֵ֥רwə·hā·sêrConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularH5493 turn aside
sorrowכַּ֙עַס֙ka·‘asNoun - masculine singularH3708 vexation, anger
from your heartמִלִּבֶּ֔ךָmil·lib·be·ḵāPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
and cast offוְהַעֲבֵ֥רwə·ha·‘ă·ḇêrConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularH5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
painרָעָ֖הrā·‘āhAdjective - feminine singularH7451 bad, evil
from your bodyמִבְּשָׂרֶ֑ךָmib·bə·śā·re·ḵāPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH1320 flesh
forכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
youthהַיַּלְד֥וּתhay·yal·ḏūṯArticle; Noun - feminine singularH3208 childhood, youth
and vigorוְהַֽשַּׁחֲר֖וּתwə·haš·ša·ḥă·rūṯConjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singularH7839 blackness
are fleetingהָֽבֶל׃hā·ḇelNoun - masculine singularH1892 vapour, breath

Cross-references

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2 Corinthians 7:1 · 2 Timothy 2:22 · Ecclesiastes 1:2 · Ecclesiastes 12:1 · Ecclesiastes 1:14 · 2 Peter 3:11–14 · Job 20:11 · Psalm 90:7–11 · Psalm 39:5 · Job 13:26 · Psalm 25:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.